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The statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral, Santo Domingo
Santo DomingoThe statue of Columbus in Parque Colon before the cathedral
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Santo Domingo by Dr. Thomas Liptak, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Santo Domingo or Tangier?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Santo Domingo for

  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Santo Domingo’s own page.

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • nature and the outdoors

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Santo Domingo 58, Tangier 50: Santo Domingo leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Santo Domingo and Tangier are level on 58.
Culture & sights. Santo Domingo 64, Tangier 57: Santo Domingo leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Santo Domingo 66, Tangier 30: Santo Domingo leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Santo Domingo 36, Tangier 55: Tangier leads by 19 points.
Day trips. Santo Domingo 44, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Santo Domingo 40, Tangier 35: Santo Domingo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Santo Domingo and Tangier are level on 40.
Shopping & style. Santo Domingo 44, Tangier 42: Santo Domingo leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Santo Domingo 66, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 10 points.
Live music & performing arts. Santo Domingo 46, Tangier 28: Santo Domingo leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Santo Domingo 22, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Santo Domingo and Tangier.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Santo Domingo
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Wins on nightlife and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Tangier
49match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Santo Domingo in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
183 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Santo Domingo has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Santo Domingo: 1991-2020 normals, Santo Domingo (6.4 km from centre). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureSanto DomingoTangier
Official languageSpanishArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyDominican Peso (DOP)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1
Emergency number911Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation14 m56 m
Main airportLas Américas International Airport (SDQ)28 km from centre40 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureSanto DomingoTangier
City population2,201,9411,275,428
People per km²1,6916,393
Museums within 10 km106
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months3 months

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.